My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

  • -- Marian Wright Edelman 玛丽安赖特埃德尔曼

我的信仰一直是我生活的动力。我认为重要的是,那些被视为自由主义者的人不要害怕谈论道德和社区价值观。

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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

所有的金子都不会发光, 并不是所有流浪的人都迷路了; 强壮的老人不会枯萎, 霜打不到深根。 将从灰烬中唤醒一团火, 从阴影里射出的光; 折断的刀必重新折断, 无冕者将再次称王。

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.

他们的行为就好像他们认为,对人类的普遍进步非常乐观是一种美德,可以使他们不必为任何具体的进步而烦恼。

Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive almost anything short of a global catastrophe.

多样性是社区自身的生存因素。一个由一亿物种组成的群落几乎可以在任何情况下生存,除了全球性灾难。

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

我们一直在进步或倒退。生命中没有静止不动的东西。

Values aren't buses... They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are.

值不是公交车……他们不应该带你去任何地方。他们应该定义你是谁。

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

有时,一个人对一项事业保持忠诚,只是因为它的对手没有停止平庸。

A community begins to fall apart the moment it agrees to abandon the weakest of its members.

一个社区一旦同意抛弃其最弱小的成员,它就开始分崩离析。

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

我们亵渎了传统价值观,但没有新的价值观。